But he said he feels fine, and that he threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Sunday. He said Sabathia, who did not speak to reporters before Monday night’s game against the Houston Astros, would not accompany the team on its upcoming road trip to Atlanta and Boston beginning on Friday. “Hit the ground ball back to him and he didn’t check the runner and then didn’t move his feet and then he kind of kicked it in gear, throwing 97 by the time he came out”.
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Sabathia underwent an MRI and visited with team physician, Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
Branden Pinder walked in a run in the fifth.
The Yankees manufactured their first run of the game in the third with only one hit. With Jacoby Ellsbury on third base, Brett Gardner took off from first attempting to steal second. New York scored its final runs on a sacrifice flies by right fielder Carlos Beltran in the second and catcher John-Ryan Murphy in the eighth. Sabathia’s velocity clearly wasn’t there-he sat at about 88 mph-and that was an early concern. But when Joe Girardi spoke about CC Sabathia’s knee to the media, it seemed as if he was implying Sabathia’s season was officially over.
“Of course”, Lindor said, flashing a smile, minutes after his solo shot over the right-field fence pushed the Indians to a 4-3 victory against the Yankees.
His most recent starts had been significantly better – a 3.38 ERA in his first three August starts – but improved results came at a cost.
But the discomfort returned until he couldn’t pitch through it Sunday. After getting outstanding outings by right-handers Josh Tomlin and Carlos Carrasco, Salazar was tagged for five runs (four earned) and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. “I’m exhausted of watching games from the bench and not being able to participate”, he said on Thursday. “We’ll still use him as a guy that could pitch out of the bullpen and give us a little distance”. “But we knew it would take a lot to get him through the season, and I felt like we were pretty lucky up until [Sunday]”. Doctors discovered degenerative knee damage last season and tried to fix it with surgery, but everyone was well aware there might be lingering pain.
-Pittsburgh Pirates Jordy Mercer made his first start since landing on the disabled list on July 19 with a sprained left knee.
The prime reason for his inability to win any of his three previous starts this year was his lack of run support by his teammates.
Before the All-Star break, even the newest of baseball fans could tell that Sabathia looked like a pitcher that has seen his better days.
“What else is there to do?” “I’m still going to new ballparks … just learning that, learning the pitchers and reading the hitters’ swings out there”.
“I can’t remember a time in my big league career where I gave up a 5-spot in the first inning”, Dickey said.
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CC Sabathia suffers an injury and the Yankees offense remains stagnant as the team drops their third of four against the Indians. They could still follow that plan if they decide to stretch out Bryan Mitchell so he can join the rotation once he’s activated.
